#A09523#A09523

#A09523 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.291; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.128 H 103.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A09523
RGB	rgb(160, 149, 35)
HSL	hsl(55, 64%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(55, 78%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.9%, 78.1%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.86, -8.61, 57.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.86, 57.66, 98.59°)
OKLab	oklab(65.97% -0.0301 0.1244)
OKLCH	oklch(65.97% 0.128 103.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.5492, 29.0909, 5.8591)
Luminance	0.2909 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A09523 #232EA0

analogous

#A05623 #A09523 #6CA023

triadic

#A09523 #23A095 #9523A0

tetradic

#A09523 #23A056 #232EA0 #A0236C

square

#A09523 #23A056 #232EA0 #A0236C

split-complementary

#A09523 #236CA0 #5623A0

monochromatic

#3C370D #6E6618 #A09523 #D1C32F #DCD261

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.08

#A09523 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.82

#A09523 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A09523

6.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A09523	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A09523	1.00	3.08	6.82	6.82
#FFFFFF	3.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A39006

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7952C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD8A80

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a09523;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 149, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.128 103.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0b368',
    500: '#a09523',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a09523;
$custom-light: #c0b368;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a09523",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.72,
    "s": 64.103,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65966,
    "c": 0.12796,
    "h": 103.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.2909
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A09523

secondary

#5D66C1

accent

#4FE741

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A09523

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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